Chris Letcher
BornDurban, South Africa
GenresIndie folk, baroque pop, experimental, film score
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1998–present
LabelsSheer, Warner/Chappell
Websitewww.letchermusic.com

Chris Letcher is a South African singer-songwriter and film composer based in London and Johannesburg.

He has played with Urban Creep. Two of his albums made South Africa's Mail & Guardian "20 Best CDs of the Decade by South African Artists" list.[1] Frieze, his 2007 album, is listed for that year in the Sunday Times Albums of the Decade. His second solo album, Spectroscope, was named 2011 album of the year.[2]

He wrote the scores for Claire Angelique's debut feature film, My Black Little Heart,[3] the BBC production of Women in Love, and director Ntshavheni Wa Luruli's film, Elelwani.[4] which was shown at the Berlinale Film Festival 2013.[5] He also composed the score for the BBC film, Challenger, which stars William Hurt.[6] Letcher co-scored the film Black South-Easter in 2013 with Sub Pop's Spoek Mathambo.

References

  1. ↑ Mzansi's groove
  2. ↑ "Let's hear it for local sounds". 23 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Claire Angelique's debut film My Black Little Heart Archived June 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Elelwani - FILM". Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Elelwani".
  6. ↑ "William Hurt to Star in Science Channel/BBC Challenger Docu-Drama (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 September 2012.
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